Cheating Accusations Fly At Richmond, Bubba Wallace Says 'Karma's A B--ch,' & NASCAR Wife Enjoys A Massage

This is why NASCAR shouldn't race on Easter. See? Karma's a you-know-what – just ask Bubba Wallace – and when you decide to put a race on the day our Lord & Savior rose from the dead, you get terrible racing. 

And that's what happened while Y'ALL (you'll see why later) were sleeping last night – we got some pretty mundane automobile racing from Richmond, only to be slightly saved by a perfectly-executed late race caution from Bubba Wallace. 

Thanks, Bub! Needed it and GOT it. Did it expose Martin Truex Jr. as being maybe the biggest baby in the garage? Sure did. But oh well. 

He was soooooo close to retiring with all his dignity, and then he threw such an unexpected tantrum last night that I don't know what to think anymore. Sad. 

What else did we have last night that I'm gonna try to pump up because there was literally no passing, no real drama, and the leaders just constantly rode in a line because this next gen car stinks and you can't make actual passes?

Oh yeah! We had a nice little outburst by Austin Dillon, and it was aimed straight at his terrible team! Love a little friendly fire around here, so we'll dive into that today, too. 

You wanna talk about a terrible season … wait till you see these Austin Dillon numbers. Sheeeesh. 

Denny Hamlin is also being accused of cheating today, and I think the internet may be on to something. May be. We'll see. 

I reckon there will also be a few NASCAR WAGs stopping by for show-and-tell (not that kind, animals!) at the end of class, so stick around for that. I'll make it worth your while. 

Four tires, some fuel, and maybe a tissue for Martin Truex Jr. because of mean ‘ol Denny Hamlin … Monday Morning Pit-Stop – the ’Oh No My Teammate Actual Raced Me For The Win, How DARE Him' edition – is LIVE!

NASCAR should thank Bubba Wallace for making Richmond tolerable 

In true MMPS fashion, we'll start with everyone's favorite automobile driver …

… Bubba Wallace!

Bubba had a fast little race car last night, and found himself in the top-five pretty much all race. He was never gonna win because you can't pass cars with this newfangled Next Gen machine, but that's neither here nor there. 

Point is, he was fast, and seconds away from a solid day at the track when Kyle Larson got a tad loose on the penultimate lap. 

Bubba didn't slow up in time, and off they went into the Richmond night: 

Did Denny Hamlin jump the restart?

Karma's a f--king bitch … it caught up to me … whatever's coming my way, I expect it.

I know Y'ALL hate Bubba (again, you'll see), and I get it. I do. But for all the theatrics, and there are plenty of theatrics, he does have a pretty sane side to him, and you just saw it. 

Frankly, Bubba didn't really even do anything wrong IMO – I think Kyle just got loose and Bubba had nowhere to really go – but he did the smart thing with the NASCAR Gods and took no chances. Love it. 

Now, that little kerfuffle led to poor Martin Truex Jr.'s sure-fire win going out the door, because everyone had to pit. And, of course, Denny Hamlin won the race off pit-road, with MTJ crossing the line second. 

That led to an overtime restart, which ultimately led to MTJ crying like a baby. Before we get to that, though, we have to first get to this:

Martin Truex Jr. doesn't appreciate … racing for the win

Look, the internet is pretty convinced Denny jumped the start, and I'm usually NOT on their side … but I've gotta be honest, I think he may have jumped the start. 

Just a tad, but it's still a line drive in my book. 

I guess it sort of depends on your definition of jumping the start, which leads us – and NASCAR, in a way – down a subjective alley. 

The FOX fellas – mainly Bowyer – thought he just "rolled" the start. But if you can't go before you hit the white line, and Hamlin … started to go … before he hit the white line, isn't that jumping the start? I dunno. 

NASCAR has the data because these cars pump out ALL the data nowadays, so I assume they'd know the difference between rolling it and jumping it. Who knows? We'll never, I reckon. 

I do know, however, that if MTJ is gonna be pissed at someone or something, he needs to direct that anger at his pit crew for not making him the leader. 

And then at himself for not getting the job done with two to go. 

Instead, he decided to door-slam Kyle Larson a billion times on the final lap, and then stick his nose in Denny's tail (hey!) three times on the cool-down lap before finally going to pit road and bitching to the media. 

Solid night!

The new reader mail feature is already making me less of an idiot!

I just don't see it. Sorry, Martin, but I don't. 

Where in the hell did Denny use him up? Are we watching the same video? They're racing for the WIN with two laps to go! What did he expect? Denny to just ride around in his own lane, give him plenty of room to make a nice, easy pass, and settle for second?

I don't get it. Make it make sense! 

Fine. Y'ALL asked for it, so here ya go … Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Gulp. 

Did Denny jump the start? Is MTJ being a whiny little baby? Is my spelling better this week?

Anything you wanna talk about, I'm all ears … and if these two emails from last week are any indication, I listen!

From Annoyed Jeff:

C'mon man.

If you have an editor, tell them to stop drinking before the proofreading. If you don't, and you're doing it yourself, add "read it again before publishing" to your checklist.

"Just in case ya'll were having a nice, stress-free start to the week, I figured I'd kick the tires and ruffle the feathers with OutKick fan favorite Bubba Wallace."

Y'all is still southern, and still a contraction of "you all" not "ya lluh," or whatever you were aiming for. Watch your apostrophes.

I usually enjoy your takes, but you gotta keep your standards high.

Aaaaaaaaaand, a few hours later, from Windi:

Have to say that I absolutely loved your Monday morning post-COTA article this morning. Glad my crew and I weren’t the only ones to get a kick out of Harvick’s choice to slip his word-of-the-week into his commentary. 

Mainly, though, I chose to email simply because told us to feel free to write you about anything. This leads me to telling you about one of my biggest pet peeves: spelling the word y’all incorrectly. 

"Y’all" is a contraction for "you" and "all". The apostrophe placement is key. The apostrophe is meant to be in the place of the missing letters. Therefore, the apostrophe needs to be placed after the "y" in the place of the missing "o" and "u". Y’all = you all. Following the rules of a contraction and using an apostrophe, I don’t know what "ya’ll" is supposed to mean. 

In all seriousness, truly did enjoy the article and KB would totally take Christopher Bell in that fight!

Thank you for entertaining us every Monday!

Austin Dillon loves his team, Sam Busch loves a massage

See? I actually applied it today! I had no clue. I'm just an idiot, as y'all pointed out, so I was just out here being loosey-goosey with the apostrophe and sounding even dumber than I already am. Not anymore! 

Teamwork, baby. 

OK, now what? More pissed off drivers before we cool down with Sam Busch? Sure, why not?

First up? Austin Dillon telling the fellas back at the shop how much he appreciates their hard work!

Austin, by the way, finished 24th last night. For those keeping count at home, he's finished higher than 22nd once this season, and that was …16th. 

Can't imagine why he's so testy!

On the way out, how about this little gem Dale Jr. uncovered over the weekend?

Incredible. Don't know how much it costs, but I need one. If this cat's a MMPS reader – and why wouldn't he be? – let's get those puppies on the site and in homes across the US of A, STAT. 

Finally, let's do the same with this Sam Busch-approved massage mat. We could all use a little R&R as we head into a big week. 

Take us home, Samantha. 

See you at Martinsville.